Zoo madness, family goodness.

After zoo-ing, we headed to town for dinner at Fish&Co, bitchy lovely Lionel joined us. (: Guess who was working there that night? Renny! Hahah. Also saw a bunch of Cedarians. Too bad they're Cedarians I dont know/am not close to.

You know who I wantwantwant to see so so bad? Siti & gang, Dirah and NAJIB!

Brother and I were at the pet shop the other day, and OMG. Did you know rabbits cost 288 bucks? Oh my tian (Suyin/Diana's fault), I didn't either. I got a real shock. I had 2 last time! Should have kept and get them to breed. Dayyyymmnnn.

It is a nice feeling, being home for the weekend. A good change. (: Grandparents are over. (: It's sad to see how my grandfather's doing though. I mean. I don't know. I'm not used to the Atuk that's wheelchair bound, weak, and at times, doesn't even know what he's talking about.

I've had the strongest grandfather, working his pretty huge farm in Malaysia all by himself. I'll always see him tending to his farm whenever I'm over at Kota Tinggi. He was the one that brought me to the chicken coop (multiple leveled chicken coop!) and showed me how to feed those chickens, and showed me first hand that we can actually eat the egg raw just like that, fresh from the hen! The one that told me about the snakes that'd eat them in the dead of the night and how he has to put the "racun", poison, to ward them off.

He was the one that showed us (my cousins and I) those huge ant nests behind the house. He was the one that knows a lot of hings about the world. I remember how he'd tell me of the news and stuff, a long long long time ago. The grandfather with that crinkly, warm smile.

I try to make him happy during his stay here. Get him the noodles hot, buy that eye mo, get the Berita Harian, clear the space so he can move around, stuff like that. I think it's the hardest for my grandmother. You can just see it. But the love. Wow, the love. It transcends everything. In sickness and in health. It's heartwarming, really.

My grandmother is cool. When she realised I had a couple of piercings in my ears, instead of nagging or disapproving like I thought she would, she was really amused by it! Asking whether it hurt and stuff. Hahah. And my grandmother is the one that loves everything sweet (she puts sugar in her glass of fresh milk!) and the one that doesn't have diabetes!

I kind of like it when my grandparents are over. The house will be kept clean by yours truly cos I can take it if the house is a mess, but I cannot stand it if the house is a mess AND there are visitors. Hahah. Weird right. But seriously. The house is tiptop whenever someone's bound to be over. Even if it's just a tutor.

I guess at the end of the day, it is family afterall. (: